Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Antidesma contractum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Antidesma contractum is a shrub or a tree that is often poorly branched, spindly and straggling with overhanging branches; it can grow up to 8 metres tall. The bole can be up to 8cm in diameter[ 327 Title Euphorbiaceae of Malesia Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource that is still being developed, it gives detailed botanical descriptions of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae found growing in Malesia (the region from Peninsual Malaysia through Indonesia, the Philippines). ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralasia - New Guinea.

HabitatUndergrowth of primary rain forest (rarely old secondary forest), sometimes by rivers and seasonally flooded; Metroxylon swamp; near the beach; growing on old, well-drained volcanic soil, over sandstone; at elevations up to 1,200 metres[ 327 Title Euphorbiaceae of Malesia Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource that is still being developed, it gives detailed botanical descriptions of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae found growing in Malesia (the region from Peninsual Malaysia through Indonesia, the Philippines). ].